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TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Audio player loading…Microsoft has quietly acknowledged that some of ’s most recent updates are causing rather serious problems for some PCs.According to the company, the KB4557957 and KB4560960 updates, which are supposed to be cumulative updates that bring numerous security fixes to Windows 10, are instead encountering a critical issue with the Local Security Authority Process.This has led to some computers to randomly reboot – with just a “your PC will automatically restart in one minute” message as a warning.This can be incredibly frustrating, as it means you have to quickly save any work you’ve got open. Not only is it disruptive, but it could lead to loss of data as well if you don’t save in time.The good news is that this issue, though serious, doesn’t seem to be afflicting many PCs. Microsoft is also aware of the issue, and has updated to warn about the issue, stating that “The Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) file (lsass.exe) might fail on some devices” and that users may encounter an error message that says “A critical system process, C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe, failed with status code c0000008. The machine must now be restarted."While it’s good that Microsoft has now acknowledged this problem, there isn’t an official fix at the moment, with the documentation just saying that “Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.”Anyone suffering from this problem will be hoping that the resolution comes soon. Having a PC needing to reboot at random times is incredibly frustrating, and could end up making the machine unusable.One way to avoid this could be to try to uninstall either the KB4557957 or KB4560960 updates, depending on what you’ve installed. Check out our guide on for more information.Today's best laptop deals - stock checked every 30 minutes:Recommended Retail...We check over 250 million products every day for the best pricesViaSign up to get breaking news, reviews, opinion, analysis and more, plus the hottest tech deals!Thank you for signing up to TechRadar. You will receive a verification email shortly.There was a problem. Please refresh the page and try again.MOST POPULARMOST SHARED1234512345Other versions of this page are available with specific content for the following regions:

TechRadar is supported by its audience. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. .Audio player loading…Microsoft has quietly acknowledged that some of ’s most recent updates are causing rather serious problems for some PCs.According to the company, the KB4557957 and KB4560960 updates, which are supposed to be cumulative updates that bring numerous security fixes to Windows 10, are instead encountering a critical issue with the Local Security Authority Process.This has led to some computers to randomly reboot – with just a “your PC will automatically...

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